Since its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show 2010 Kia Concept Salon POP is an astonishing vision of the future of electric transportation created by the Center for Urban Design EWC in Frankfurt led by Guillaume, under the guidance of Peter Schreyer, director of chief designer of Kia Motors.
"The POP fits perfectly with our philosophy" of the rival brand "," William continued, "We try to make things happen in the automotive world, to surprise most people who wanted the car to act as a loose core . atom of savages. "
Chrome and color, three-meter three-seater with an electric motor, oblong side windows and front doors certainly not a surprise. Compared with the concepts of electric cars that came before us, the Kia Concept POP does seem to start from somewhere else.
Peter Schreyer, adds, "POP does not show the style of the new generation of cars, but also looks further into the future. There are a lot of new things, such as side-window graphic is like a signature, unique in its own nature. "
Schreyer design points of the side window particularly striking, high-tech printing mesh model and taillights, the glass ceiling long-term, and the look simple, clean wheels - all items, he says, inspired outside the usual areas of the car.
"A lot of things that influenced this design were non-automotive," said William. "We wanted things light, aerodynamic, such as gliders and high-speed bikes. We realized that the world of cars n it was to inspire us to achieve what we wanted to achieve."
The French enthusiastically explains how the heads of front seat passengers are well positioned in the center of the ellipses of the windows above, how can the network at night Kia "tiger nose" to illuminate the darkness, and how bumps on the bottom corners of the doors are actually rear-view cameras that transmit images to small screens in the cockpit.
He continues: "The interior and exterior has been designed together from the start, we looked at the seats in the impression very short and tried to ensure that passengers have a perfect view, like a helicopter ..
"The seats are designed for non-automotive. They are very clean, very simple, almost like furniture. Reserved seats are sculpted, attractive, flowing lines and, because it is an electric car without a traditional engine, you can push well behind the firewall, "he explains.
The rear seat is placed at an angle offset to the outside on the passenger side rear of the cab for the driver's side of one of the pillars. These are two parts to a base that tilts up when not in use and back and head restraint integrated into the roof. Results of the legs is very noticeable in a car, 1740 mm wide with a wheelbase of 2,055 mm only.
William explains the pattern of purple "We just wanted a color to create a quiet and peaceful, there is such a clean feeling inside when we're working on, we came across a photo of a cabin of spacecraft and it was so clean .. and the capsule-like - like a cocoon - it was a big influence. "
As for space, Kia Concept POP two interior features that would not look out of place on the deck of the Starship Enterprise. On a small piece of clear plexiglass front wheel is an organic LED (Toledo) display that shows a speedometer, battery charge gauge and other large displays when the car is running, but otherwise it ' is completely transparent.
"We thought it was much could be done with the main points of contact with the driver's car -. An opportunity to be a visionary in Toledo has many advantages over the current generation of the top of the screen high above everything needed projector that takes up space and weigh very much. This is what I believe is the future, "adds William.
William is also enthusiastic about the sample of secondary control, "So get used to the designers try to do too much" techy "with a lot of buttons and switches, but the Kia concept of POP is a button for all other - .. the sound, satellite navigation, air conditioning, etc. - is controlled via the touch screen animation and the animation of points creates a welcoming environment for the driver. "
Thank you to look for his remarkable and fascinating individual characteristics, it is easy to forget that the Kia POP concept is actually a fully electric, zero emission vehicle with a 50kW, 190 Nm engine load range and a unique of 160 km. It is powered by highly efficient, compact lithium-polymer gel and is fully rechargeable in just six hours.
William concluded, "You know I have this vision in my head of a concept Kia POP sitting in the light of a busy intersection in Paris with all the Vespa riders wait together, loud revving their engines, then when the light turns green Kia Concept POP. simply moves quietly without a noise. "
